Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira is expected to make changes to his starting XI for tonight’s Premier League visit of Arsenal to Selhurst Park due to injury concerns to two key players.
Star wingers Wilfried Zaha and Michael Olise - who together have 24 goal involvements in all competitions between them this season - both returned from international duty with injuries, leaving their places in the team to face the Gunners on Monday night in doubt.
Zaha, representing Ivory Coast, injured his hamstring and was forced to sit out of the friendly against England at Wembley in which teammates Marc Guehi, Conor Gallagher and Tyrick Mitchell were all part of the Three Lions squad. Olise was unable to train for France’s Under-21s meanwhile after suffering a foot injury. Both Zaha and Olise have been assessed by Palace over the weekend, though with a key FA Cup semi-final round the corner against Chelsea it would be a risk to start either of them were they deemed playable. Of the pair, Zaha seems the more likely to feature of the two.
